Query: NC_008610:253483 Candidatus Ruthia magnifica str. Cm (Calyptogena magnifica),
Lineage: Ruthia magnifica; Ruthia; ; sulfur-oxidizing symbionts; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Candidatus Ruthia magnifica is a chemoautotrophic bacteria that lives symbiotically in the gut of a giant clam. This organism is an endosymbiont of the hydrothermal vent clam Calyptogena magnifica.
Subject: NC_015581:771482 Thioalkalimicrobium cyclicum ALM1 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Thioalkalimicrobium cyclicum; Thioalkalimicrobium; Piscirickettsiaceae; Thiotrichales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Isolation: Water; USA, California, Lake Mono. This organism is a sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from highly alkaline soda lakes. These bacteria have a pH optimum of 10 and are able to oxidize sulfide, thiosulfate and tetrathionate.